Overweight and obesity in children, adolescents and adults: causes of development and risk factors

  • Yu. A. Kolosov Federal State Budgetary Education Institution of Higher Education "A.I. Yevdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry" of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia
  • S. I. Kolesnikov Federal State Public Scientific Institution "Scientific Centre for Family Health and Human Reproduction Problems", Irkutsk, Russia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2124-6328
  • A. P. Anisshenko Federal State Budgetary Education Institution of Higher Education "A.I. Yevdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry" of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia
  • E. V. Burdukova Federal State Budgetary Education Institution of Higher Education "A.I. Yevdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry" of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia
  • K. G. Gurevich Federal State Budgetary Education Institution of Higher Education "A.I. Yevdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry" of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7603-6064
Keywords: obesity, overweight, children, adolescents, chronic disease, insulin resistance, metabolic disorders, therapy, prevention

Abstract

Overweight and obesity is one of the risk factors that lead to the development of serious diseases such as hypertension, coronary heart disease, diabetes and many others. The article describes the causes and prevalence of this pathology of the disease in children and adults, as well as methods of diagnosis, prevention and treatment of overweight and obesity. The article also describes problems of children and adolescent obesity.

Published
2017-12-12
How to Cite
Kolosov, Y. A., Kolesnikov, S. I., Anisshenko, A. P., Burdukova, E. V., & Gurevich, K. G. (2017). Overweight and obesity in children, adolescents and adults: causes of development and risk factors. Patogenez (Pathogenesis), 14(4), 9-14. Retrieved from https://pathogenesis.pro/index.php/pathogenesis/article/view/91